Gimp and his wife Mary Lou, live next door to us and my kids just kind of adopted them both as another set of Grandparents after their Papaw had passed away, I had to keep a close eye on my youngest because at the time he was only about, knee high to Gimp, but if he saw Gimp outside he would be right over there before you would even know it.. He would follow Gimp all over the place wanting to help him feed his coon dogs. (To tell you the truth I think Gimp just kinda adopted my kids too).. When he passed away it devasted both my children, it was just like they had lost another Grandpa all over again. It was a sad time for us all. We think of him often... Gimps wife still lives next door to us and we are so thankful to still have her in our life.
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Source: Daily Ardmoreite
Services for James L. "Gimp" Lewis, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home chapel with James "Button" Tisdell officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lewis was born March 30, 1931, at Connerville, to the late Leonard and Beaula Lewis. He died Feb. 8, 2000, in the local hospital.
He married his lifelong love Mary Parnell on Dec. 8, 1950, at Tishomingo. Gimp had lived in the Ardmore area since 1967, coming here from Pontotoc, and was a retired rancher. He made his last coon hunt Feb. 8, 2000.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; daughters, Janice Conway and her husband, Rex, of Ardmore, and Sharon Cargal and her husband, John, of Mannsville; four grandchildren, Stephen and Jamie Conway, and Amanda and Chaz Cargal; a brother, A.J. Lewis of Ardmore; sisters, Lucille Hulsey of Fittstown, and Audra Timmons of Holdenville; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Lewis of Cedarvale, Kan.; and sister, Linda Maxwell of Madill.
Bearers will be Odie Gilbert, Mark Reed, Terry McGee, Wayne Jackson, David Smothers, Tommy Mays and Ryan Brawley. Honorary bearers will be all his coon hunting friends.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
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Source: Daily Ardmoreite
Services for James L. "Gimp" Lewis, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home chapel with James "Button" Tisdell officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lewis was born March 30, 1931, at Connerville, to the late Leonard and Beaula Lewis. He died Feb. 8, 2000, in the local hospital.
He married his lifelong love Mary Parnell on Dec. 8, 1950, at Tishomingo. Gimp had lived in the Ardmore area since 1967, coming here from Pontotoc, and was a retired rancher. He made his last coon hunt Feb. 8, 2000.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; daughters, Janice Conway and her husband, Rex, of Ardmore, and Sharon Cargal and her husband, John, of Mannsville; four grandchildren, Stephen and Jamie Conway, and Amanda and Chaz Cargal; a brother, A.J. Lewis of Ardmore; sisters, Lucille Hulsey of Fittstown, and Audra Timmons of Holdenville; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Lewis of Cedarvale, Kan.; and sister, Linda Maxwell of Madill.
Bearers will be Odie Gilbert, Mark Reed, Terry McGee, Wayne Jackson, David Smothers, Tommy Mays and Ryan Brawley. Honorary bearers will be all his coon hunting friends.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Gimp and his wife Mary Lou, live next door to us and my kids just kind of adopted them both as another set of Grandparents after their Papaw had passed away, I had to keep a close eye on my youngest because at the time he was only about, knee high to Gimp, but if he saw Gimp outside he would be right over there before you would even know it.. He would follow Gimp all over the place wanting to help him feed his coon dogs. (To tell you the truth I think Gimp just kinda adopted my kids too).. When he passed away it devasted both my children, it was just like they had lost another Grandpa all over again. It was a sad time for us all. We think of him often... Gimps wife still lives next door to us and we are so thankful to still have her in our life.
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Source: Daily Ardmoreite
Services for James L. "Gimp" Lewis, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home chapel with James "Button" Tisdell officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lewis was born March 30, 1931, at Connerville, to the late Leonard and Beaula Lewis. He died Feb. 8, 2000, in the local hospital.
He married his lifelong love Mary Parnell on Dec. 8, 1950, at Tishomingo. Gimp had lived in the Ardmore area since 1967, coming here from Pontotoc, and was a retired rancher. He made his last coon hunt Feb. 8, 2000.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; daughters, Janice Conway and her husband, Rex, of Ardmore, and Sharon Cargal and her husband, John, of Mannsville; four grandchildren, Stephen and Jamie Conway, and Amanda and Chaz Cargal; a brother, A.J. Lewis of Ardmore; sisters, Lucille Hulsey of Fittstown, and Audra Timmons of Holdenville; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Lewis of Cedarvale, Kan.; and sister, Linda Maxwell of Madill.
Bearers will be Odie Gilbert, Mark Reed, Terry McGee, Wayne Jackson, David Smothers, Tommy Mays and Ryan Brawley. Honorary bearers will be all his coon hunting friends.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
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Source: Daily Ardmoreite
Services for James L. "Gimp" Lewis, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home chapel with James "Button" Tisdell officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Lewis was born March 30, 1931, at Connerville, to the late Leonard and Beaula Lewis. He died Feb. 8, 2000, in the local hospital.
He married his lifelong love Mary Parnell on Dec. 8, 1950, at Tishomingo. Gimp had lived in the Ardmore area since 1967, coming here from Pontotoc, and was a retired rancher. He made his last coon hunt Feb. 8, 2000.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; daughters, Janice Conway and her husband, Rex, of Ardmore, and Sharon Cargal and her husband, John, of Mannsville; four grandchildren, Stephen and Jamie Conway, and Amanda and Chaz Cargal; a brother, A.J. Lewis of Ardmore; sisters, Lucille Hulsey of Fittstown, and Audra Timmons of Holdenville; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Lewis of Cedarvale, Kan.; and sister, Linda Maxwell of Madill.
Bearers will be Odie Gilbert, Mark Reed, Terry McGee, Wayne Jackson, David Smothers, Tommy Mays and Ryan Brawley. Honorary bearers will be all his coon hunting friends.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
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